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Commenting on the press comments by Damian Hinds MP which seek to blame the NASUWT’s action short of strike action for the decline in school sporting activities, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union, said:

Commenting on the Ofsted report Beyond 2012- outstanding physical education for all, Christine Blower General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers the largest teachers’ union said: ‘It is good news that Ofsted found that in the majority of schools PE was in ‘good health’. Ofsted however knows full well that when they talk of building on the Olympic legacy it is this Government, not schools or PE teachers who have stood in the way of achieving this. All the criticisms that Ofsted had of schools sports...' Read more.

Thousands of people sign a petition against Michael Gove's decision to punish children with exercise, after leading athletes, head teachers and even Conservative supporters spoke out against the plans.

David Cameron is the most powerful man in the country - but that didn't stop England and British Lions rugby star Manu Tuilagi playing the classic 'bunny ears' prank on the steps of Downing Street yesterday.

Shocking revelations about the "deeply distressing" failures that led to 96 deaths in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster have prompted an apology from both David Cameron and Ed Miliband, leaving many MPs in the Commons close to tears.